Deuteronomy 24:14

“Thou shall not oppress an hired servant, etc.] That is hired by the day, as appears by (<052415>Deuteronomy 24:15); though the law may include such as are hired by the week, or month, or year; neither of whom are to be oppressed by any means, and chiefly by detaining their wages; so the Jerusalem Targum explains the phrase, “ye shall not detain by force the hire of the hired servant;” nor by fraud, as in (<590504>James 5:4); [that is] poor and needy; and so cannot bear the lest oppression of this kind, nor to have his wages detained from him any time, and much less wholly to be defrauded of them: [whether he be] of thy brethren; an Israelite, and so a brother both by nation and religion: or…”

“Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy--Hired servants in the East are paid at the close of the day; and for a master to defraud the laborer of his hire, or to withhold it wrongfully for a night, might have subjected a poor man with his family to suffering and was therefore an injustice to be avoided (Lev 19:13).”

“Lev 25:40-43; Job 24:10, Job 24:11, Job 31:13-15; Pro 14:31, Pro 22:16; Eze 22:7; Amo 2:7, Amo 4:1, Amo 8:4; Mal 3:5; Luk 10:7 Deuteronomy 24:15”

“They were not to oppress a poor and distressed labourer, by withholding his wages. This command is repeated here from Lev 19:13, with special reference to the distress of the poor man. "And to it (his wages) he lifts up his soul:" i.e., he feels a longing for it. "Lifts up his soul:" as in Psa 24:4; Hos 4:8; Jer 22:27. On Deu 24:15, see Deu 15:9 and Jam 5:4. Deuteronomy 24:16”